1. The Roadpricing System for Germany
An innovative system
for non stop Toll Collection

2. Some solutions for Roadpricing
Vignette
Manual tolling
Electronic Toll Collection
Monolane
Electronic Toll Collection
Multilane

3. HGV Roadpricing in Germany
Target : Heavy Goods Vehicles > 12 T
Current situation : the Eurovignette
user fee based on time
amount collected in 2001 : 425 M€
Future situation : Automatic charging
user fee based on distance
average charging rate : approx. 0,15€ /km
expected revenues for first year: apprix M€

4. The Eurovignette organisation
Heavy goods vehicle
Point of payment
Payment terminal
Data transfer
Central accounting system
Invoices
Certificate of payment
Actors / Shareholders
ARAL AG
Petrol stations
BZG / SVG
Carriers association
Deutsche Shell AG
DKV EURO Service
Service provider and debit card for carriers
ESSO AG
EuroShell
Debit card for petrol services
UTA, Union Tank Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG
Service provider and debit cards for carriers

5. The German context 16 Länder 12 000 km of motorways 4 700 sections
27 billions km travelled per year by HGV over 12 t
Average trip on motorways : 150 km
Number of HGV over 12 t : 1,4 millions, of which foreigners

6. Requirements Design of a system : The system shall be dual :
to develop
to finance
to install
to collect fees on behalf of the State during 12 years
The system shall be dual :
automatic system
manual system, open to all
Interoperable in Europe

7. The Toll Collect Consortium
Daimler Chrysler Services (debis AG): 45%
a vehicle (Car + trucks) manufacturer
and service provider
Deutsche Telekom AG : 45%
a telecom operator
Cofiroute SA : 10%
a French motorway concessionaire and operator
Start of operation : August 2003

8. Principles Methods Payment Means User profile GPS Trip reservation
Automatic system
Manual system
Methods
Means
User profile
Payment
GPS
Trip reservation
On trip
Before travel
On Board Unit (OBU)
Liaison GSM/GPRS
Point of sale,
Internet,
Call Center
Frequent user
Occasional user

9. Accounting/ Value added services
The automatic system
Vehicles equiped with an On Board Unit (OBU)
Autonomous system
Possible future telematics services
Value Added Services
ETC Center N
GPS
Payment information
Accounting/ Value added services
Location
Value Added Services
Forwarding agency
OBU

10. The O.B.U

11. Distribution of OBU Network of 1800 fitters
installation in less than 4h
in operation 6 months before system opening
Deposit for OBU gives a credit for future bills
Schedule for vehicles fitting
before opening
after one year

12. Additional vehicle localisation
Broadcasting beacons (infrared)
Complementary to GPS
Used in difficult reception zones
Or when GPS does not provide enough accuracy

13. The manual reservation system
An alternative access to the automatic system
- points of sale,
- Internet,
- Call Center.
Open to all (non - discriminatory)
ETC Center
Call Centre
Internet
Point of sale

14. POS prototype - 3 500 POS to install
The “Point of Sales”
POS prototype POS to install

15. Location of the POS

16. The enforcement
The enforcement is based on licence plate recognition (authorised by law)
Automatic enforcement
classification and identification of the vehicles
Stationnary enforcement
Stoppage of the vehicles by Police
Mobile enforcement
Police vehicles in traffic flow
Enforcement at factory offices

17. Automatic enforcement
300 gantries

18. Mobile enforcement
278 vehicles for mobile enforcement

19. Enforcement at factory offices
Staff of 40 shifts

20. System performance The required performances are :
Automatic system : 99% of transactions OK
Manual system : 99% of POS available, 24h/24 , 7 days/7
Enforcement :
minimum 10% of vehicles checked
identification rate of 70%